SHORT COURSES
In addition to our accredited vocational courses, Industry Training Alliance provides short non-accredited training courses designed to provide essential skills in several key areas. Whether you are looking to gain foundational knowledge, or explore a new career path, our courses offer practical industry-relevant training to help you succeed.
Managing Projects: A Short Course for Surveyors to Manage Day to Day Projects
This 4-day course aims to improve your management skills and provide you with the tools to communicate effectively throughout the project lifecycle from a field surveyor perspective. In today’s increasingly matrixed work environment, managing projects that cross job functions, geographies, and seniority is increasingly commonplace. Yet it is estimated that up to 70% of projects do not meet their original objectives, stay within their defined scope, schedule or agreed-to budget. This course will provide technical and graduate surveyors the opportunity to control their projects in a more effective way.
Optional Extra: participants of this course have the option (for an additional fee of $500 GST Exempt) to complete an assessment project to obtain a Nationally Recognised Statement of Attainment for unit BSBPMG430 Undertake Project Work
Topics Covered:
Project Management Basics
Introduction: What is Project Management?
Finances (Time, Cost, Quality)
Quotes & Invoices
Validation of Costs (Spreadsheets)
Risk Management
Organisation & Productivity
Time Management
Productivity Tools
Organisation of Tasks and Resources
Communication & Stakeholder Management
Engaging with Clients, Managers, and Teams
Effective Communication (Reports, Email, Phone)
Data & File Management
Reading Drawings & Plans
Metadata & File Structure
Field Data Files (Copying & Filing Raw Data)
Filing Plans & Field Notes
Situational Discussions
Project Case Studies: What Went Right and What Went Wrong
Lessons Learned: How to Eliminate Issues
Cost: $1,500 (Incl. GST)
Dates*: Each Wednesday - 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th May 2025
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm (AEST)
Delivery: Online
CPD: 16 General Education (WA), 6 (Maximum) Service & General Education Points (TAS), 20 SBSA Points (5 Per Session, SA)
WHS For Supervisors and Managers
Supervisors and managers are vital to achieving a safe and healthy workplace and are a crucial link between management and the workforce.
They play an important role implementing the workplace safety and health management systems, as well as supporting the organisation’s safety culture.
The WHS for Supervisors and Managers course is designed to provide participants with essential safety and health knowledge, to assist them in meeting their obligations as a supervisor/manager.
Cost: $575 (Incl. GST)
Date*: Thursday 5th June 2025
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm (AEST)
Delivery: Online
CPD: 5SP (NSW), 4 General Education (WA), 5 Self-Assessed Other Points (VIC), 5 Service & General Education Points (TAS), 5 SBSA Points (SA)
Surveying Essentials Lunch-N-Learn June 2025
Are you working with surveyors but not exactly sure what they do?
Maybe you answer the phone and speak with potential clients who sometimes ask quite technical questions that you have no idea how to answer! Or perhaps you work in finance and have to put some interesting terms on invoices that make you wonder why?
Or perhaps you are just new to surveying and were kind of hoping someone would give you a quick overview.
The Surveyors Academy have designed a "lunch n learn" program to help support staff and people new to surveying understand the basics. Join us for lunch each Wednesday in March as we cover:
What Is Surveying? - Including the terminology uses
The Types of Surveying - Cadastral, engineering, scanning, etc.
The Project Life of a Survey - Explaining the work-flow of a project which can sometimes last years!
Where To Find Answers - Increasing your connections and overall knowledge base
These lunch time sessions will be supported by the team at Surveyors Australia to ensure we hit the high points of what you need to know.
Cost: $80 Per Session, $250 for All 4x Sessions
Date*: Each Wednesday - 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th June 2025
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm (AEST)
Delivery: Online
CPD: 4 SBSA Points (1 Per Session, SA)
*Course Cancellations:
Each course requires a minimum number of participants to proceed. If enrolment numbers are below the required threshold, the course will be cancelled and, where possible, rescheduled. Registrants will be notified of the cancellation at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled date via the email address provided at registration. A full refund will be issued to the original payment method (processing may take 2–3 business days), or a credit can be applied to the rescheduled course.